W. Turner Lord & Co. Original Antique Burr Mahogany Library / Bookcase

This unique W. Turner Lord & Co. Original Antique Burr Mahogany Library / Bookcase was rescued from a British Stately Home in the historic parish of Old Windsor, Berkshire.
Early references suggest that Coworth Park was Manorial. The present building was constructed in 1700s and has had later classical additions particularly to the exterior part of the estate. Some former owners of the property are William Hatch (1770), William Shepheard, John Alves Arbuthnot J.P., Sir William Farmer and Lord Stanley, the Earl of Derby. 
Original Antique Burr Mahogany Library in renaissance style was ordered by Lord Stanley and commissioned and fitted by W. Turner Lord & Co. on May the 5th 1896.

Very nicely detailed Burr Mahogany Library crafted by artisans and mainly made of solid Mahogany.
The Burr Mahogany Library is composed of the arched niche open shelves above closed panelled doors. It is decorated with gilded, gesso leaf decoration, ribbon and reed.
It needs some minor restoration work to refurbish this exceptional piece of English classical furniture.
The main Library section is approximately 9 metres (30’ feet) wide and the other section with the entrance measures approximately 6 metres (20’ feet) wide by 3 metres (9’ feet) high and 75 cm (30” inch) deep.
The label shown in the picture was attached to the rear of the cabinets and it is included with its provenance.  

Check on Lassco.co.uk website for a comparable item of a Burr Mahogany Library by clicking on Museum Cabinets & Specialist Furniture.

The News
 “The Duke and Duchess of York will be the guests of Lord Stanley, at Cowarth Park, near Sunningdale, where they arrived yesterday, remaining until Saturday next.” Quoted on an article Published June 13, 1897 from © The New York Times.
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The following article was published in the Cunard Daily Bulletin written by Mrs. Aria in 1908. It describes the establishment of W. Turner Lord & Co., Marylebone. On  www.gjenvick.com  you can read the full article were Mrs. Aria describes the most exclusive retail outlets in London.

W. Turner Lord & Co.

To see is synonymous with " to covet " at the establishment of W. Turner Lord & Co., 20, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square. Interesting as a museum, these delightful premises possess a distinct advantage in that the beholder is not condemned to break vainly the tenth commandment, and continue on his sinful way a prey to sentiments of unrepentant longing. He can satisfy his desire and become lord of all he surveys, should nothing else content him.
If he be a man of taste he will undoubtedly want to possess certain rare tapestries and beautiful brocades, not to speak of an inlaid writing bureau dating from the classic days of Louis XVI., and a wonderful Georgian mantelpiece, in white marble and vert antique, the carving upon this latter suggesting that the art of the decorator reached its apotheosis towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Chairs, tables, screens and cabinets, after Chippendale, Sheraton and other great masters, inspire dreams of harmonious mansions, and the visitor passes on to view well-planned models of stately homes, illustrative of such widely different periods as Tudor, Queen Anne, Early Italian, Mediaeval Spanish, Adams, and late French. How experienced Messrs. W. Turner Lord & Co. are in adapting styles is proved by the work done by them upon various historical buildings.
To them has been entrusted the delicate task of restoring and remodelling many famous mansions ; and they had their share in the decorations of the " Mauretania," where they assisted in transforming this world's greatest ocean liner into a floating palace. The success which attended their efforts is strikingly evident in the dining saloons, these and the smoking room, staircase and lifts being respectively adorned in French and Italian styles of the sixteenth century.
The two Regal suites and 54 special state-rooms are treated after Adams, and the whole effect causes the astonished traveller to throw up his hands in amazement, and he may well rub his eyes, while he murmurs with the Queen of Sheba, " The half was not told me."
" Where to stay " is a problem that confronts every traveller arriving in London, no matter how familiar he may happen to be with the great and bewildering Metropolis. Recently the riddle has been answered in a thoroughly satisfactory manner by driving straight from the station to the Waldorf Hotel. This is a newly-erected " guest house," fitted with every modern improvement, and luxuriously furnished and decorated throughout.
(Ref: “In the Path of the Purchaser - Shopping for Fine Fashions for Women – 1908”, Cunard Daily Bulletin, Fashion & Pleasure Resort Supplement for 1908)

• W. Turner Lord & Co of 20 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London West were commissioned by Lord Stanley 17th Earl of Derby to supply and fit his library room in Coworth Park House, Sunningdale, Berkshire.
• Company established in 1880
• W. Turner Lord & Co gained the order for the fitting of the 1st class accommodation for HMS Mauretania
• Decorative contractors specialities reproductions from the antique in carving and woodwork, furniture, bronzes, silk and other fabrics, architectural work, decorative painting and furnishing, electric lighting.
• Winston Churchill also commissioned W. Turner Lord & Co to fit out his property in Bolton Street House, London

(Ref: “Who’s Who in Business”, Whitakers Red Book 1914)